More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
On Friday, all three broadcast networks read from the same liberal script as hosts and correspondents predicted doom for the Republican Party following Kevin McCarthy’s withdrawal from the race for Speaker of the House. Leading off NBC’s Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie breathlessly proclaimed: “Congress in chaos. House Republicans racing to find a new speaker this morning. Bitterly divided Republicans now scrambling for a replacement.”
She touted how Democrats were “giddy” over the development and in the report that followed, correspondent Peter Alexander lectured: “...Congress facing a staggering to-do list. Just weeks left to pass a spending bill to keep the government open, raise the country's debt limit or face default, and pass a critical bill to repair America's roads. Democrats warned the disarray comes with consequences.”